Cisco Cisco MeetingTime Quick Setup Guide

If you do not want to configure VTPs for 

, but still want 

to invite them to a meeting separate from inviting users, you and your users can instead use the following 
method to ensure successful video negotiation:

You set the 

 VTP field to “Have terminal call in.” 

For each meeting to which the video terminal is invited, a voice meeting participant (with dial-out 
privileges) dials out to the video terminal and to all missing invitees by pressing #33.

If an accidentally disconnected video terminal fails to rejoin a meeting either by calling in or by 
dialing out to the video terminal, then a voice meeting participant (with dial-out privileges) can press 
#33 to reconnect to the video terminal.

If you choose this alternative method, then we recommend that you:

Train your users how to:

Invite video terminals while scheduling meetings.

Dial out to the video terminal by pressing #33.

Configure each VTP with a 

 that includes information about how to 

successfully connect to the video terminal. For example:

Sample1 Room (#33 calls missing invitees)

Sample2 Room (System calls at mtg start)

At most, only the first 60 characters of the 

 will appear on the 

scheduling page. Depending on the specific web browser and window size, even a smaller 
number of characters may appear. Therefore, make sure that you use concise video terminal 
names. 

Using an informative 

 can help meeting schedulers select video terminals 

appropriately for their meetings, but you must train them accordingly.

If multiple video terminals are required for a meeting, then the meeting scheduler may want to 
invite video terminals that have the same 

If the 

 is set to Have terminal call in, then the meeting scheduler may want 

to invite only video terminals and no users. Any users who are invited will also be dialed out 
when a meeting participant (with dial-out privileges) enters #33 in the TUI. 

The above cases apply when Cisco Unified MeetingPlace dials out to an explicitly invited terminal, 
which is typically the case only for shared terminals. A VTP is also useful if a personal desktop terminal 
has special needs, such as: 

When dialing in from the terminal, you want to specify the video codec that will be offered to the 
terminal at meeting entry. 

When the dial-out call is triggered from a web interface, you want to specify the video codec and 
ensure that video will be offered at the beginning of the call. This ensures treatment much like the 
"direct-to-meeting" mode, which gives the best chance of interoperability.